The Tall-Legged Golden Fox's chest and abdomen rose and fell extremely slowly, confirming to Meng Chen that it was still alive.
Lightning still rippled across its body, making it twitch from time to time, though only slightly. It was clearly completely unconscious.
Meng Chen withdrew his gaze and turned to Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, sweeping his eyes over them to check whether they were injured.
Apparently, they were not.
Meng Chen breathed a sigh of relief.
If Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing had been hurt, his sin would have been enormous.
Because... this Soul Beast coming here had something to do with him.
He had originally wanted to absorb another Soul Ring and Soul Bone, then test his own strength.
After a hard battle, the Tall-Legged Golden Fox had indeed been no match for him. However, Meng Chen had not been able to crush it either, and one careless mistake had allowed it to escape.
Still... it was better not to tell Ning Rongrong and the others about this.
Ahem, lest they shower him with complaints.
Putting on a calm, concerned expression, Meng Chen said, "Why did you come to the Star Dou Great Forest? The outer region has been unsettled lately. Quite a few high-year Soul Beasts have been migrating outward, and the one you encountered was one of them. If I hadn't happened to chase it here, your two guards probably wouldn't have been able to stop it."
Meng Chen was not lying about that.
But the reason some high-year Soul Beasts were migrating outward was still because of him.
He had borrowed the might of the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python to wreak havoc among high-level Soul Beasts everywhere. How could they not flee outward?
Having just been rescued, Ning Rongrong was